Travels in the Interior of Africa in the Years 1795, 1796, 1797 (Abridged Edition)
Crosby and Letterman, 1799. An uncommon copy of the first abridged edition. Half-bound in blue calf with red spine label. Marbled endpapers. xvi + 218 pp + two engraved plates ("Mr. Park's First View of the Niger" + "Mumbo Jumbo"). Ownership signature on title page. Generally fine internally, a very attractive copy. "Until the publication of Park's book in 1799 hardly anything was known of the interior of Africa... Park's Travels had an immediate success and was translated into most European languages... Park's career was short, but he made the first great practical advance in the opening-up of Central Africa." (Printing and the Mind of Man, p. 153). PMM, 253. Item #32537
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